Linking courses in PowerScheduler

[KevinR11]

First year using PowerScheduler...

How can I set two courses that need to be taken in sequence to work correctly in PowerScheduler? If a student requests "Beginning Guitar" (which is offered in Semester 1) they must take "History of Rock"  in Semester 2. I have tried the relationship option but PowerScheduler keeps ignoring all student requests for these courses. Or I have it misconfigured so badly that it can't schedule them. 

Thanks

[JeffG9]

If students have requests for the Course and PS is ignoring them completely the first thing I would check is if "Schedule this Course" is checked on the Course Preference page.

[KevinR11]

Both courses have "Schedule this course" checked. 

[JeffG9]

Are you doing a Build & Load? 

If you are building, you can try the 

Is Blocked for Building With > Different Terms

Relationship. 

If you are Loading and if possible, Section Links may work.

In both cases, don't forget to Import your Build and/or Load.

[KevinR11]

Just Load. How do I configure section links?

[JeffG9]

It's a Load Constraint. Very straightforward. I've attached a screenshot. Students who Load into the first section will load into the second. 

[KevinR11]

Thanks for the screenshot. I went back to my original load import and I have a handful of students enrolled in the two courses. When I build the section link and import that config, I'm back to zero students enrolled. 

[JeffG9]

It is extremely difficult to troubleshoot PowerScheduler without access to your instance. If no one is getting into a course some things to look at:

-The Load Priority on the Course

-Is it a single section and the kids are Loading into something else first?

-Can they simply not fit it into their schedule?

[CindyM8]

Also, make sure the students scheduling preferences are set including "Schedule this Students".  Other things to check that may be causing issues:

Are there sections for the course?

Are there course relationships? You can run the PowerScheduler course relationships report.

Are there constraints?

Do the students have a request for both courses?

Run the Resolve Invalid Requests function to look for issues with the linked courses (PowerScheduler > Functions > Resolve Invalid Requests)

Review the Load Results for information (errors/warnings) pertaining to those students or courses.